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The Wild Goose, when flying 
On high in the air. 

Sees all the great forests 
And animals there. 


She never makes pictures. 
She never makes rhymes/ 
She seems quite too bu^ 
At almost all times. 

But, one day, a featf 
Blew out of her 
It made a fine pen t^ 

This sort of thins 



So do not forget 
The rhyming i 
The rhymes we 
The pen of a 


T he Eagle loves the'boys in blue? 

Who now are boys in brown; 
He waves his flag and screams with joy 
When they come back to town 






She pinned them all up by the ears to the trees 
And said /‘Children dear, don’t run off, if_you please!” 




Dances jigs for little men. 
Skirts witn spangles red and white. 
On one toe she dances light. 




S hould you meet a mysterious pheasant 
* Who always is saying “Look pleasant,” 
And who takes a black box 
Wherever he walks. 


He will photograph you, if he hasn’t. 


A seal saicf, “I wait and I wait. 

But no hair ever ^rows on my pate. 
I will borrow some hair 
From my Friend , polar bear; 

With a wig HI look simply First-rate!” 



TVfy manners 


the crab said,“I know 
Are backward. I’m sorry it’s so. 

But, my friend, how d’ye do? 

, I would shake hands with you; , 

(Now PLEASE to shake hands ere you &ol”) 


T his bird is so proud , in the fall , 
He dislikes people coming to call. 
His name rhymes quite well 
With cartridge, — don’t tell. 

For he never would like it at all! 





T here is a litcle bob-tail 
They call the winter 
He waits till days get short' 

And comes from north iar 

Of ice-bergs and of Eskimos, \ J* 
Of many a frozen sail. 

He might tell interesting things, 

O why so brief his tale ! 



M rs. Stripes of Bengal 
Heard a bawl a squall 
From one of her cubs, very young. 
Who, with sob and with tear, 
Said, “Come kiss me , ma dear. 



T he walrus to the dentist went 
And sat in his big chair : 

“Now, dentist, dont you hurt,” said he, 
"For if you do, BEWARE!” 



S aid the gnu to the scholar, 

'“I’ll give you a dollar 
To tell me just what 1 should do: 
I’m part like a horsey 
And part like a bossy, — 

Now say , should I whinny or moo?” 



S aid the scholar /‘Friend gnu. 

This is what you should do : 

When you feel like a bossy, you ninny. 
Just moo all you please 
And be quite at your ease , 

And when you feel horsey, just whinny 



S ome hunters! ” exclaimed the opossum,— 
He hung by his tail when he saw some,— 
Perhaps they’ll think me. 

As I hang on this tree, 

•Some remarkably big sort of blossom!” 




Impolitely , I said , 

l“5ee that globe-fish , — all head! 

He’s a nobody really, you know!” 
And that fish looked at me 
Very critically 




T he woodckuck told it all about , 
“I’m going to build a dwelling 
Six stories high , up to tke sky!” 

He never tired of telli n £- 

lie dug tke cellar smooth and well 
But made no more advances ; 
That lovely hole so pleased his soul 
And satisfied his fancies . 



A busy, Pussy little ant 
/ V Got in a pea-nut shell 
'That floated by the water-side. 
And sailed and drifted well. 


Now, if she’d been a bit more\wise 
She would have rested 
Instead , she scj 
All chilh 




T 'here once was a ticklish stork 
Who said /‘When in water I walk. 


The fish make me giggle 
As ’round me they wriggle : 

I stand on one leg and I squawk ! ” 




T 'he snake stole the duck-bills lamb pie 
And slipped to his hole very spry; 
But Bill came with his snout 
And soon shoveled him out 


And sent him up flying, sky-hij^h. 




S aid the penguin, “Now why 
1 Should the fish be so shy 9 
They all know I love dearly to meet ’em; 
Can it possibly be 
They’re suspicious of me 
dust because I sometimes have to eat ’em? 




A frog he wooed a f Jam-in-go, 

By the sea that's near Rowley, 
Whether his mother would let him or no; 

With a row ley, powley, gammon and spinac 
“WHAT!” says the Mayor, all scowley. 


Said the bird, “I love little frogs.it is true; 

Come, kiss your dear fowley.” 

And she swallowed poor f roggie without more ado; 

With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach, 
WHAT!” says the Mayor of Rowley. 




And dress her in linen all neat. 
In a very short while 
You will see, by her smile. 
That she loves to look pretty 
and sweet. 


A rhinoceros , down by the Nile, 

Thought he'd carry newspapers awhile. 
So he hooked the news gaily 
Upon his nose daily, 

But people found fault with his style. 







“Moo, moo, black cow. 

Have you some leather?” 
“I’ve rrvy hide to 

Keep out the weather. 
When I dont want it 
I’ll blow on my horn. 
I’ve used it every day 
Since I was born!’ 



I sat besTdethe window^-— I ! 

THEY hL\Er-teETCREAM ! 
They must have been so happy — my! 
THEY HAD ICE CREAM ! 


My neigbors had a party — oh! 

THEY HAD ICE CREAM ! 
I had no invit^^^-no! 

THEY/ 



W ho’ll build me a house?” 
Said rich Mr. Bunny, 
I’ve plenty of money. 
Who'll build me a house?” 


USE 


Wd 



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‘Who’ll saw, nail and hammer f* 
“I” said the snail, 

“I saw hammer and nail, 
‘I’ll saw, nail and hammer . 1 


“Who’ll lay all the pipes? 

“I,” said the sand-piper, 
“Just keep off the sniper 
And I’ll lay the pipes 





“Who’ll do all the painting ?” 
“I,” said the thrush, 

“I’m Fond of the brush, 

I I do all the painting” 

“Then, moles , come , begin it,” 
I3aid Bunny, “Dont tarry, 
For I am to marry 

And wish to live in itr !” 



T here was a small hippo called 

Willie. 

Who thought his short tail very silly, 
lie said ,“When I’m stronger 
I’ll pull it out longer. 

And wont I be sweet as a lily?” 


A daffodil 
Stood by a rill 


And gazed upon the water. 





“Now whoTsaid she, 

“Will care for me?” 

A brown beast s>aid,“I , otter” 



Jack Daw, the magpie’s son, 

Stole a pig wound up to run; 

The spring worked quick 
And made it kick 

And poor Jack thought it was no fun. 



They began their roaring 
As it began to rain. 

*T was pouring , roaring .pouring 
And then they roared again. 





I had a little chicken 
No bigger than my thumb; 

I found him in an egg-shell, 

And there I bade him drum. 

He drummed right through the egg-shell 
And stood upon his toes; 

I dressed him very nicely in 
A suit of sailor clothes. 



Mary, Mary, my canary. 

Mow does your new song, go ? 
With “ sweet , sweet , sweet,” 
and twee t, tweet, tweet? 
And pretty trills all in a row. 


JL 


“01ease, waiter, a cherry 
1 And then a strawberry, 

Both red , like my beautiful vest 
So the waiter kept bobbin’ M 
To serve little robin 

Our dear little robin red-breast. 


A lynx and a lory 
Amused with a story 
That someone had dropped in 
Got some bugs and some crawle 
Arranged them like scholars 
And read to this primary class 



“Hush-a-bye , squirrel, 
Up in the tree-top! 




Miss Fantail.the pigeon, set out for a sail 
On a board , with a mouse close beside her, 
And when the wind blew she said .“Spread out 

,your tail!” 

Said the mouse “So I would, if 'twere wider.” 


<ilailor,6ailor, save the pig ! 

^“ne is on the captains gig. 

In the waves he sees a trough; 
He will soon be getting off. 



? 



A diller a dollar, 

A very high collar. 

Why hold your head so high? 

You dude of a poodle, 

'You fuzzy-faced noodle. 

You cant see your toes if you try! 



A frog came and spied her. 
Then sat down beside her 
And sang while she played, half 

the day 



There was a fine fox, as I’ve heard tell. 

He went to market some egg's for to sell; 

He went to market all on a market-day. 

And he fell asleep on the bears "highway. 

II 

Along came a big bear heavy and stout. 
Took out her scissors and snipped round about, 
Snipped off the fox’s tail. “Good brush.l say!” 
Said the old bear, “It’s my dusting day!” 



When 

He began t -« 
He began 
“I have a 


up with a start, 
nd he began to smart; 
to wonder and he began to 03% 
fine tail, so this can’t be I!” 


“But if it be I, as l do hope it be, 

I know a tell-tale and he’ll tell me; 

If it be I , why he will tell the tail, 

And if it be not I, my poor wife will wail!” 



Off went the fox to the tell-tale’s den. 

The tell-tale laughed. The fox Said,“Then, 
If I’m not nvyselr since I awoke, 

I surejy must be an endless joke!” 



]°w, piggies, wh° have dirty faces?” 
1M “Wee, wee, wee,” Said they. 

“Not I, but you are all disgraces!” 

I exclaimed , and ran awqy. 




If all the flies were elephants. 
Great elephants in size. 

And I should go to “shoo'’ them. 
How could I scare those flies? 





o 


,ff to hunt the buffalo! 
Shall we take gun or trap? 
little folks had better go 
the map. 


As l was sailing, the sea across, 
l \ I met a talkative albatross 




T 'he sea-lion sat on a ponderous throne, 

A sea-washed and hollowed old barnacled stone, 
And he gazed on his realm of the sea: 

“I think I’m a picture. Mow well I would look. 

If someone should photograph me for a book. 
So majestic and grand said he . 


“You look like a blown up old big rubber coat; 

Though your neck is so wide, you can’t; twitter a note!” 

Jeered a mocking-bird Flying that way. 

The sea-lion waddled down off of his throne 

And he gazed where the saucy young bird had just flown. 


Then went fishing for cod in the bay* 





^Laid the short -billed younjS teal, 
,KNow,of course, I dont Steal, 

But the long-hilled old woodcock, all mottled, 
TTakes ridiculous care 
Of bis sweets , I declare. 

When he keeps them securely all bottledh 



W^hen the red-headed woodpeckers come. 
Each announces himself with a drum , 
“A-rap-a~tap— tap,” 

And he hobs his red cap, 

7\re there worms about? Let us have someP 


P at a cake , pat it as all beavers 

can, 

Pat a mud cake witK your tail, 

little man. 




M adam Hop-toad slowly 

Out a saucy cricket pops. 

Rides her back and says, “I thank 

™ “tni — i, vu 



W ho says the dragons are all dead ? 

Once, gazing on the sky, 

I saw, myself, with my own eyes, 

A little dragon fly! 


T he ermine said, “My pretty coat 
Is worn in many a land 

By kings , I wear it first , you know. 

Their clothes are second-hand!” 




D ont play with boys!” Dame Lizard said. 
“They’re such unpleasant creatures! 
They’re so unfinished as to tails 

And scales and other features!” 



\ A Then the Farmer trapped the weasels, 
v ~ “Got you safe!” I heard him shout. 
But the weasels got the measles 
And they all broke out ! 



A spider would a fisher be , ==“ 

1 VAnd cast/ his net out in the c 
TThe fish swam through his flimsy 
lie cried “Th is Sea seems ver> 



T he tall giraffe, while bathing, shouts 
Tb little Johnny Quinn , 

"O just come here ! It isn’t deep , 

It’s just up to nvy chin!” 


C hewink , chewink , chewink 

Said a little bird /‘What do you think? 
I didn’t wait 
For sages great. 

But named myself chewink/ 



T he moose has grown a tufty beard 
That hangs beneath his head. 
Now don’t go up and pull it, please. 

For that would be ill-bred ! 



Tom Cat can eat no rat 
His wife can eat no mice 



Because they’ve studied 

manners and 
They know what is not nice. 





Needles and pins, needles and pins 
When dogs worry wasp’s nests, then * 

w trouble 




“A griddle-cake is soft and warmT 
The little monkey said, 

“I’ll take one for a night-cap, 
And then I’ll go to bed f 1 



/-Little Bopeep has lost her sheep. 

^‘0 lion!” she said, “canj'ou find them?” 

He replied, with a grin “Please inquire within, 
I m sure when they re gone .you dorit mind them.” 



The kangaroo 
Jumped ’round 
t?he Zoo 


And 




Who was going to steal corn in 

Norridge; 

he turned on his light, 
d the coon looked 

as white 


a saucer of vei^ thin porridge. 



Little Polly Parrot 
Found a pretty carrot. 

Pecked some holes for mouth and 

eyes and nose; 

Then our little Polly 
Played it was her dolly,— 

Scolded it because it had no clothes. 


— T 



Mary had a little cat 
Whose fur was black as ink; 
It loved to gaze upon a hole 
And think, and think, and 

think! 


^Phere was an owl in our town 
1 And he seemed wondrous wise; 
He turned the pages of a book 
And stared with his big eyes. 



“The owl is such a learned bird P 
They whispered through the town. 
Till someone saw he held the book 
Before him upside down! 


An ostrich ,whose name was Amandy, j 

f\ Said , “Necks should be lon£ , Co be bandy. 
My parasol , Cied 

To rrvy neck , on one side., | 

Keeps me cool on these plains,, hot ana 






I n the Famous old cupboard 
Of dearJVkrther Hubbard 
A rat/Came ,one Christ mas>a|one. 

And A^hen he got there, \ 

Said he,“J declare, \ 

/Here is nothing, not even a bonk!” 

And the rat looked quite sad \ 

^or he felt very bad. 

Then he suddenly winked veiy sly. 
Then he laughed and he danced 
Lightly capered and pranced. 

And he said, “ill surprise her,— oh m)!” 


Now it; seems past belief 
That so dr^adfuflTthi 

Couldever think out su 
But his plan was , to bring 
To/the cupboard each thing 

hat he found, and at once he 


plan. 



began. 


irstfhe said, “I will beg 
The old hen for an egg’’ 

And he soon got the old hen’s consent; 
Then he borrowed a nut 
Which a squirrel had got 

And back^o the cupboard) he weht. 



In the little school-house 


He crept ^sJyH'^^a~mouse. ^ 

But the lunch-basket place* 

"’It’s Jriot in my plan 
To /risk any rat tan,” 

/Said he. thinking the joke very 


is too sunny. 


5ufc he Pilled up the cupboard 
7 or dear Mother Hubbard 
And she, — goodness! when she saw 



unrvy 



that. 


Said “Tell me, my dear. 

Did one ever hear 
Of a gift-giving Santa Claus rat?’ 



tiumpty Dumpty sat on the ball 
All Qf the players set up a great squall. 
All of the players, eleven strong men. 
Couldn’t make the big fellow get 

off it again! 



A crooked crocodile once swam a crooked mile 
And found a crooked bonnet, the very latest style. 
He crooked the ribbon strings, and put on some other things. 
And made some crooked faces at some little colored kings 




S aid the spotted and sportive young ounce, 
“That old fat armadillo I’ll trounce! 

He rolled up like a ball; 

He was no ball at all 
Fbr I tried him and he wouldn’t bounce!” 




But should you think a child so big 
Would cry so for his ma? 





And when the gardener found the bug, 

Now what do you think of that?- 

He found the bug had stayed each day 
On the rim of his straw hat ! 



I saw alpacas , frowsy furred , 
All feeding on the plain, 
But later, in the Zoo I saw 
ciust one of them again; 



And he was sleek , his hair was 
Quite neatly. He was blacker 
He’d changed his name and he was known 
As Mr. Alfred Packer. 




S aid the down to the funny-nosed tapir 
'“Wont you come and cut some sort of caper? 
Said the tapir, “Oh, no! 

For if I should do so 
They would write me all up in the paper.” 



T he lordly turkey struts about 
In all his foolish pride : 

Go tell him *tis November now, 
And see him go and hide ! 


■ ■■ ■ " TC 



A gosling once stopped in his play 
To gaze on a swan." Now I say. 
When 1 get big and fat 
I shall look just like that!” 
But he still is a goose , to this day 


— ■ . — 



M y St. Bernard , old doggie Spot, 

. dust laughs and laughs when he is hot. 
He never stops to think of me 
Though l am warm as [ can be . 



T here was a pug dog they called Dennis 
Who travelled as far as old Venice, 
And when they asked/How 
Do you like it?” “Bow-wow!” 

Said the pug, “If s too wet here for tennis!” 



Artful little onolesT^ 

Even rowdy crow said, “Never, 
Can 1 sceal from birds so clever. 


Bless their little, dear, sweet souls!” 



And what will the chickadee do, poor thing? 
Why, he’ll cock his black cap 
And he wont care a rap ; 

In the snow you will hear him most merrily sing. 



“On the snow let us play 
All the cold day- day-day,” 

Sings the brisk little chickadee , brave little chap! 



“Day- day- day,” is his song 





what be the eSSoP theg e rhymes?’ 


\/v / WLJ - ^ 

For yotrnow' see the Ihst of thlse rhymes.” 


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